In order to assess the variability of forced expiratory flows, 15 male players (age 16-19 years, height 182-201 cm) of the Italian National Junior Volley team were studied twice with the pneumotachygraph of the computerized Hewlett-Packard Pulmonary System. The first time (April), but not the second (July), all the subjects were physically trained. Each subject performed at least three acceptable forced vital capacity (FVC) maneuvers, following the standard of the American Thoracic Society, with the exception of the criterion for determining the FVC end point. Mean values of forced mid- and end-expiratory flows were significantly higher in April than in July. Inter- and intrasubject coefficients of variation were lower for FVC and forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) than for the flows. However, the within-subject variability of expiratory flows is lower in our athletes than in the subjects described by other authors. Our findings indicate the importance of forced expiratory flows in detecting even minor intrasubject variations related to physical training and suggest that flow in the terminal portion of the FVC curve may be at least moderately dependent upon effort.

Variability of maximal expiratory flow-volume curve in young volley players

Viegi G;
1988

Abstract

In order to assess the variability of forced expiratory flows, 15 male players (age 16-19 years, height 182-201 cm) of the Italian National Junior Volley team were studied twice with the pneumotachygraph of the computerized Hewlett-Packard Pulmonary System. The first time (April), but not the second (July), all the subjects were physically trained. Each subject performed at least three acceptable forced vital capacity (FVC) maneuvers, following the standard of the American Thoracic Society, with the exception of the criterion for determining the FVC end point. Mean values of forced mid- and end-expiratory flows were significantly higher in April than in July. Inter- and intrasubject coefficients of variation were lower for FVC and forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) than for the flows. However, the within-subject variability of expiratory flows is lower in our athletes than in the subjects described by other authors. Our findings indicate the importance of forced expiratory flows in detecting even minor intrasubject variations related to physical training and suggest that flow in the terminal portion of the FVC curve may be at least moderately dependent upon effort.
1988
Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica - IFC
Intra-inter subject variability
maximal expiratory flow-volume curve
young athletes
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